Stegonotus muelleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species: Stegonotus muelleri

Name

Stegonotus muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 682. BHL

• Holotype: MNHN 848, adult ♀, collection data unknown.

• Type locality: “Java" (in error), likely originated from southern Philippines (Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao or Samar).

Combinations

• Stegonotus Mülleri Duméril, A.M., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854: 682.

Synonyms

• Spilotes samarensis Peters, W.C.H.. 1861: 685, ZMB 4294, adult ♂, “Cubo-Cubo, Insel Samar” (=Cobocóbo, northern Samar Island), the Phillippines.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2018. The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874). Zootaxa 4512(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4512.1.1 Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1861. Eine zweite Übersicht (vergl. Monatsberichte 1859 p. 269) der von Hrn. F. Jagor auf Malacca, Java, Borneo und den Philippinen gesammelten und dem Kgl. zoologischen Museum übersandten Schlangen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861(2): 683–691. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus muelleri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2020.
• Diesmos, A., Gonzalez, J.C. & Brown, R. 2009. IUCN: Stegonotus muelleri  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169872A6684725. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169872A6684725.en

Vernacular names

English: Southern Philippine Groundsnake